The Children in Action Feasibility Study (CIA)

Baylor College of Medicine

Status: Completed

Conditions: Obesity; Motor Activity

Treatments: Behavioral: SPARK-EC

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other; NIH

Identifiers

NCT01697124

R21HD054836-02 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)

H-20952

Details and patient eligibility

About

The Children in Action (CIA) program was a five month physical activity intervention. This intervention was a feasibility study with 3- to 5-year-olds enrolled in four Head Start centers. After baseline assessment, centers were matched by ethnicity and for number of participants and randomly assigned to either the intervention or the control condition. A total of 224 preschool children were randomly selected across the four centers. To evaluate the efficacy of the CIA intervention, the change in physical activity, gross motor skills and weight during the awake time and used mixed effect time-series regression models was compared. Observations did not show a statistical difference between intervention and control groups in physical activity level during the awake time, gross motor development or weight status. It was demonstrated that it is feasible to conduct the SPARK-EC curriculum among preschool children attending Head Start Centers but that an increased dose and/or longer intervention duration will be required to impact gross motor skills, weight status and physical activity levels during this critical early childhood development stage.

Enrollment: 274 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 3 to 5 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• 3-5 years old
• attends Head Start
• African-American
• Hispanic-American

Exclusion criteria

• older than 5 years old
• does not attend Head Start
• race/ethnicity other than African-American or Hispanic-American
• has a disability or handicap that would prevent them from participating in physical activities

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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274 participants in 1 patient group

SPARK-EC

Experimental group

Description:

SPARK-EC curriculum for preschoolers offered instruction and practice in a comprehensive program designed to promote motor development through increased physical activity.

Treatment:

Behavioral: SPARK-EC